CVE-2023-30869 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-30869: WordPress Easy Digital Downloads Plugin 3.1-3.1.1.4.1 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation

Vendor Easy Digital Downloads

Product Easy Digital Downloads

Weakness CWE-287 · Improper authentication

Published May 2, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

9.8/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Easy Digital Downloads plugin allows unauth. Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Easy Digital Downloads: from 3.1 through 3.1.1.4.1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 2, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30869 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-30869

CWE CWE-287

CVSS 9.8 / CRITICAL

Affected versions